Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-04
LOCAL BREyITIEs.

Society will give a valentine party at Turner
Hall on the 14,h.
The law calendar of both departments of
the Superior Court will be heard by Judge
Van Fleet this morning.
The Only arrest made yesterday was that
of B. B. DAILY, by officer Mccormack, for
drawing and exhibiting deadly weapon.
There will be a match coursing race at
Fay's ranch next Sunday, for $40 side,
between NJ. McElaney's Emmett and John
O'Briens Rose, best in 5.
| x-Lieutenant-Governor johnson, who
is in the city attending the sessions of the
Legislature, lost his gold watch through
a pickpocket's operations yesterday after
noon.
4 wagonload of coin came up from San
Francisco by Wells, Fargo & Co.'S express
last evening presumed to be a payment
into the State Treasury from that city and
| county.
Friends of Samuel BagnaIl, who was
arrested on Wednesday for insanity, took
charge of him yesterday, stating that he
had been deranged for long time, but was
harmless.
The Golden Gate Market delivery wagon
horse entered upon a runaway yesterday
forenoon. The driver was thrown from
the vehicle at Tenth and N streets and con-
siderably bruised.
The steamer Dover left for the upper
Sacramento yesterday, with merchandise
and lumber, and will bring down a barge
load of hay from Jaclnto. The San Joaquin,
No. 4, left for San Francisco, with wood.
The outfit cars of the Postal Telegraph
Co., which have been located in the city for
several days, were yesterday removed to |
Roseville, the men engaged in erecting the |
telegraph poles having reached the vicinity |
of that place.
Arrangements are being made by j. S. |
Fritts, Superintendent Of Bridges and |
Buildings, for the immediate erection at
Norman, near Willows, of depot to take |
the place of the one destroyed by fire sew
eral weeks ago.
General Orders Nos. and 2, from Gen. !
eral Headquarters, n. G. c., just issued, |
announce to the National Guard the APP
pointment of George b. Cosby as Adjutant- |
General, and Perrie Kewen as Assistant |
Adjutant-General, with therank of Colonel. |
F. P. Lowell came up from Palo Alto |
yesterday with the young trotting stallion |
Don Marvin, which he has recently pur-
chased from Governor Stanford He is |
sired by the Eectioneer stallion Falls, out |
of a thoroughbred mare, and is said to be |
very fast.
The Woodland Democrat illustrates the |
practice of the amenities by the attorneys |
of that place by stating that during the |
hearing of case in Court " one lawyer told |
the other to boil his own skunk to |
which the other replied that he might |
smell EN-"
There was a big snow-storm, accompa-
MED by high wind, at the northern end of |
the California and Oregon Railroad yester- |
day, and -plows were being run to |
keep the road from being blocked by drifts.
On " the hilr' the weather was not stormy,
nor even threatening.
AT the meeting-.of the City Trustees next |
Monday there will probably be presented |
communication from the Board of Police |
Commissioners, explaining that the pres
ent police force is inadequate to perform
the work required of it, and requesting that |
the Trustees levy a sufficient tax for the |
support of the Department to enable the |
force to be increased to fifteen men.
Hog cholera is working sad havoc among
the herds of swine near Davisville. Among
the heaviest losers are r. b. Armstrong |
and ]. Ruthby, the former having lost al
most his entire herd, and the latter about |
$50 head. The disease has also made its |
appearance among the thoroughbred stock |
of j. Melvin, and he has lost several val /
liable animals. Many remedies are sug-
gested, but they are for the most part |
valueless, some being impracticable and |
the rest Intellectual.
Suit has been commenced in the Superior |
Court by L. J. De Pue against w. 2. Cole
man and F. w. Steinmeyer for 81 $40 dam
ages alleged to have been sustained in con-
sequence of defendants having carelessly,
negligently and unlawfully" left lying, |
during September, 1885, on NJ street, be-
tween Fifth and Sixth, lot of sand and
material, upon which plaintiff drove a
vehicle, the result being that plaintiff re-
ceived injuries and his horse and buggy
were damaged to the amount sued for.
A few days ago three young men of this
city went over on the Grant to do a little /
hunting on the overflow" but were not |
able to accomplish much until late in the |
day, when flock of geese was discovered
close to the shore. The three hunters
crawled up to close quarters and emptied
six charges OF shot into the flock, killing I
or disabling about two dozen of the birds.
When they went to pick up their game,
however, they found that they had been
shooting tame geese, and without waiting
to bag them they slipped away. The owner
of the fowls managed TO ascertain the iden-
tity of one of the trio and made him tell
who his companions were, and the three
had TO pay for the geese without having a
feather to take home.
Relative to the hole, 1.-TWO feet deep"
which citizen complained that the City
Taper had cut through the north levee at
Nintha nd G streets. the Superintendent of
the water works explains tina. in the imme-
date vicinity of the hydrant in that local
ity the ground is very low and without
drainage, and whenever the hydrant was
blown off, pond of mud and water was
created, which remained several days. 1t
was deemed advisable therefore, to conduct
pipe, about the size of a fire hose, over the
levee from the hydrant so that the water
could be disposed ofwithout trouble; and |,
the only hole that was made was about the
size of one of the ties, just below the rail
road track, and the earth was packed down
carefully after the pipe was put in place.